Grapevine, Texas has many “old main street” type shops. My husband and I were out running errands and passed a strip mall when we happened to notice a sign out of the corner of our eyes that said “Antiques and Collectibles” so we drove in, parked and I got super excited! We were going treasure [...]
Aren’t these chairs amazing? Suzie Stanford of Melbourne, Australia, creates these amazing chairs from vintage and discarded tea towels and tapestries. I follow some blogs where the writers write about their love and even obsession for collecting vintage linens and I too share this passion! So, here we go then, imagaination is the key to [...]
In the 1940s, the US Customs Bureau stated that items manufactured or produced in Japan should be properly marked to indicate their origin with one of the following tags: “Japan”, “Made In Japan”, “Occupied Japan”, or “Made In Occupied Japan”. In addition, many factories would also place a red or silver foil label baring one [...]
A fantastic new way to repurpose porcelain and china dinnerware and dishes into wearable works of art! You can use that broken family heirloom, your favorite teacup that is chipped, how about that wedding china that has been damaged or the once gorgeous vase that got bumped off the mantle. A great new collectible is [...]
Per Wikipedia – The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival and is widely considered the most prestigious horse race in the world. The race is one and a quarter [...]
